A.3.12 Reference measurement channels for NPDSCH performance requirements

36.521-13GPPEvolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA)Part 1: Conformance testingRadio transmission and receptionRelease 17TSUser Equipment (UE) conformance specification

Editor’s note: The note 2 in Table A.3.12.1.2-1 and note 1 in Table A.3.12.2.1-1 are still under discussion with RAN4.

A.3.12.1 In-band

A.3.12.1.2 Two-antenna transmission

Table A.3.12.1.2-1: NPDSCH Reference Channel with 2 TX Antennas

Parameter

Unit

Value

Value

Reference channel

R.NB.5 FDD

R.NB.5-1 FDD

Carrier Type

Anchor

Non-anchor

Channel bandwidth

KHz

200

200

Allocated subframes per Radio Frame

Note 2

10

Modulation

QPSK

QPSK

ITBS/ISF

4/0

4/0

Target Coding Rate

1/3

1/3

Coding Rate

0.4

0.4

Information Bit Payload

For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,6,7,8

Bits

56

56

For Sub-Frame 0,5

Bits

N/A

56

For Sub-Frame 4,9

Bits

Note 3

56

Number of Code Blocks

For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,6,7,8 and 9(if NB-SSS is not present)

1

1

For Sub-Frame 0,5

Bits

N/A

1

For Sub-Frame 4,9

Bits

Note 4

1

Binary Channel Bits

For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,6,7,8 and 9(if NB-SSS is not present)

Bits

200

200

For Sub-Frame 0,5

Bits

N/A

200

For Sub-Frame 4,9

Bits

Note 5

200

Max. Throughput averaged over 2 frame for 1 repetition (Note 6)

Mbps

36.4kb/s

56kb/s

UE Category

NB1, NB2

NB1, NB2

Note 1: For in-band, the first 3 symbols are used for LTE PDCCH and the number of LTE CRS ports is 4.

Note 2: 6 when mod 2 = 0, otherwise 8. is specified in TS36.211 [4].

Note 3: N/A when mod 2 = 0, otherwise 56.

Note 4: N/A when mod 2 = 0, otherwise 1.

Note 5: N/A when mod 2 = 0, otherwise 200.

Note 6: For repetition number N, the maximum throughput averaged over 1 frame equals to (Max. Throughput averaged over 1 frame for 1 repetition) / N.

A.3.12.2 Standalone/Guard-band

A.3.12.2.1 Single-antenna transmission

Table A.3.12.2.1-1: NPDSCH Reference Channel with 1Tx Antenna for UE Category NB1 and NB2

Parameter

Unit

Value

Value

Reference channel

R.NB.6 FDD

R.NB.6-1 FDD

Carrier Type

Anchor

Non-anchor

Channel bandwidth

KHz

200

200

Allocated subframes per Radio Frame

Note 1

Note 1

Modulation

QPSK

QPSK

ITBS/ISF

9/3

6/3

Target Coding Rate

1/2

1/3

Coding Rate

0.5

0.33

Information Bit Payload

For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,6,7,8

Bits

616

392

For Sub-Frame 0,5

Bits

N/A

392

For Sub-Frame 4,9

Bits

Note 2

392

Number of Code Blocks

For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,6,7,8

1

1

For Sub-Frame 0,5

Bits

N/A

1

For Sub-Frame 4,9

Bits

Note 3

1

Binary Channel Bits

For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,6,7,8

Bits

320

320

For Sub-Frame 0,5

Bits

N/A

320

For Sub-Frame 4,9

Bits

Note 4

320

Max. Average Throughput

Bps

Note 5

Note 5

UE Category

NB1,NB2

NB1,NB2

Note 1: It shall depend on the specific NPDSCH scheduling.

Note 2: N/A when mod 2 = 0, otherwise 616.

Note 3: N/A when mod 2 = 0, otherwise 1.

Note 4: N/A when mod 2 = 0, otherwise 320.

Note 5: Maximum Average Throughput equals to sum of TB(i) divided by sum of T(i), where TB(i) is the TB size of NPDSCH over ith NPDSCH scheduling period, and T(i) is the total time consisting of NPDCCH transmission duration, NPDCCH to NPDSCH scheduling delay,  NPDSCH transmission duration, NPDSCH to NPUSCH format 2 scheduling delay, NPUSCH format 2 transmission duration, possible delay between NPUSCH format 2 and NPDCCH for next NPDSCH scheduling and subframes used for NPSS/NSSS/NPBCH/NB-SIB1/NB-SIB2 transmission during the ith NPDSCH scheduling period.

Table A.3.12.2.1-2: NPDSCH Reference Channel with 1Tx Antenna for UE Category NB2

Parameter

Unit

Value

Value

Reference channel

R.NB.7 FDD

Carrier Type

Non-anchor

Channel bandwidth

KHz

200

Allocated subframes per Radio Frame

Note 1

Modulation

QPSK

ITBS/ISF

9/5

Target Coding Rate

1/2

Coding Rate

0.5

Information Bit Payload

For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,6,7,8

Bits

936

For Sub-Frame 0,5

Bits

936

For Sub-Frame 4,9

Bits

936

Number of Code Blocks

For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,6,7,8

Bits

1

For Sub-Frame 0,5

Bits

1

For Sub-Frame 4,9

Bits

1

Binary Channel Bits

For Sub-Frames 1,2,3,6,7,8

Bits

320

For Sub-Frame 0,5

Bits

320

For Sub-Frame 4,9

Bits

320

Max. Average Throughput

Bps

Note 2

UE Category

NB2

Note 1: It shall depend on the specific NPDSCH scheduling.

Note 2: Maximum Average Throughput equals to sum of TB(i) divided by sum of T(i), where TB(i) is the TB size of NPDSCH over ith NPDSCH scheduling period, and T(i) is the total time consisting of NPDCCH transmission duration, NPDCCH to NPDSCH scheduling delay, NPDSCH transmission duration, NPDSCH to NPUSCH format 2 scheduling delay, NPUSCH format 2 transmission duration, possible delay between NPUSCH format 2 and NPDCCH for next NPDSCH scheduling and subframes used for NPSS/NSSS/NPBCH/NB-SIB1/NB-SIB2 transmission during the ith NPDSCH scheduling period.

A.3.13 Reference measurement channels for NPDCCH performance requirements

A.3.13.1 Half-duplex FDD

Table A.3.13.1-1 Reference Channel for Category NB1 UE

Parameter

Unit

Value

Reference channel

R.NB.3 FDD

R.NB.4 FDD

Number of NRS ports

1

2

Channel bandwidth

MHz

0.2

0.2

Aggregation level

NCCE

2

2

DCI Format

N1

N1

Payload (without CRC)

Bits

23

23

A.3.14 Reference measurement channels for NPBCH performance requirements for Cat NB1 UEs

Table A.3.14-1: Reference Channel for Category NB1 UE

Parameter

Unit

Value

Reference channel

R.NB.1

R.NB.2

Number of transmitter antennas

1

2

Channel bandwidth

KHz

200

200

Modulation

QPSK

QPSK

Target coding rate

50/1600

50/1600

Payload (without CRC)

Bits

34

34